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Madison Sq. Church
Bids Farewell to
Rev. Dr. Parkhurst
Congregation Has Last Ser?
vice in Edifice Prepar?
atory to Merger ?
Will Move Downtown!
Bolshevism Growing, Strong
Religious Influence Needed?
Says Pastor
After only twelve years in it? domed
: pillared building at Twenty-fourth
Street the congregation of the Madison
Square Presbyterian Church said fare?
well yesterday to the edifice and to its
pastor, the Rev. Pr. Charles H. Park?
hurst, The last services were held in
the morning. ,
Unlike other churches which from
time to time have sedately retired to
previously prepared positions further
to the north, the Madison Square
Church, which hns combined with the
First Presbyterian and Fifth Avenue
and Twelfth Street and the University
Place Presbyterian Church, is march?
ing southward toward Greenwich Vil
Lige. Services hereafter will be held
in the First Church anti Dr. Parkhurst,
in his sermon, made it plain that the
church had girdpd its loins for a strug?
gle.
"The general disposition of Presby?
terian churches has been to retreat
from the lower sections of the city,"
he said, "but the Madison Square
Church did not succumb to the alluring
tide. Instead of going uptown it has
iomed with other churches to form a
united church even further downtown.
"I call this Christian chivalry. The
rhurch owes something to the lower
part of New York City. I say 'owes'?
a mode of statement consonant with
the phrase of St. Paul when he said: !
'1 am debtor both to the Greek and to
the barbarian.' "
Dr. Parkhurst said he did not intend ?
to imply that the Madison Square
Presbyterians were venturing among !
either Greeks or barbarians and had I
no intention of reflecting upon any of I
the denizens of nether New York, whom !
he regarded as "the real basis of so?
ciety."
"It must be admitted, however, by i
all fair-minded persons," he added, :
"that anarchy and Bolshevism and the j
unconventional life are growing like a ;
menace and, for that reason, it is well
that a strong church influence is being
built in the downtown section." ?
After the sermon members of the ?
congregation crowded about the pastor ;
to shake hands. It is understood that
the pastors of all three of the merged ;
churches will resign and a new man be \
selected for the united church. Dr. j
Parkhurst'**, only reterence to the mat- '
ter in his sermon was in emphasizing
the need of a strong leader when he
declared: "We would like to put in
the pulpit of the Twelfth Street
church a man who can preach like ]
Chrvsostom, Bourdalou? or even Ga- i
briel."
Nation Gives
$112,097,304
To Red Cross
Continued from page 1
ment yesterday warning against undue '
optimism. "There has been something ,
of a misconception," he said, "of the ,
task placed before us. The country's ?
quota is $100,000,000; New York City's ;
?25,000,000. The important thing to re- ;
member is that these are minimum fig- ?
urea. More will be needed, and when
the supply of money now being pro?
vided is gone the Red Cross will have
to turn again to the public.
Must Subscribe a Fourth
"New York's quota, fixed by the War
Council, is one fourth of the amount
raised by the entire country. Reports
indicate that the other sections are
heavily oversubscribing their allot?
ments. Our committee will, not be sat
u?ieri unless New York maintains its
position and gives one-fourth of the
amount contributed by the entire coun?
try. That was the estimate of 'he
measure of New York's patriotism and
generosity, and we must not fall below
the estimate placed upon us.
"To attain this result our best ef?
fort r must not be relaxed one minute
during the next twenty-four hours."
-Vr. Breed added that the public
should show its appreciation of the
thousands of earnest workers for the
fund by making this day the best day |
of the campaign.
The question having been raised as to ;
what is to be done by Red Cross chap- j
ters exceeding their quotas. Henry P.
Davison, chairman of the Red Cross :
War Council, issued instructions last f
night that all chapters continue to |
raise money, no matter how large an ;
"oversubscription they ?nay obtain.
Over $100,000,000 Needed
"The programme of the campaign to
raise $100,000.000," he said, "was adop?
ted in the early part of the year under
military conditions then existing, with
the idea that the campaign would be
carried on in February or early March.
If the programme for the Red Cross :
campaign were to be formulated under
present conditions in Europe, the Red ;
Cross Council would feel it should be i
upon a basis exceeding $100,000,000 as
M minimum, but in order that there ;
should be no confusion in the cam- '
paign, and in confidence that the Amer- :
?can people were fully alive to the new
f<nd exacting demands, and that the
quotas would be exceeded throughout ?
(he country, no change was made in
the plans and figures as first published.
I hope that the effort to secure in
ereMad subscriptions shall not be
lessened in any part of the United
af?eles.
Feaux-Arfs
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only hi$h claes If/
in the ?rearipfthe city
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Anna Held, Told Death Nears,
Sends Love to "My Soldiers"
Famous French Actress, but a Shadow of the Beauty Once
Admired on Two Continents, Hears Doctor's Verdict
Bravely?End Is Not Far Off
Anna Held, whose death may be at
matter of hora, or weeks, sent this mes- ;
sage yesterday to her friends through ;
a reporter of The Tribune, who was ad- !
mitted to her bedside:
"I guess little Anna Held is finished, j
T wish 1 could be out now. I could do
so much to raise money for the sol- ?
diers. Please have The Tribune send
my lovo to my brave soldiers in the
trenches. But now, 1 am ro tired. I
am so sick"-and the message died
away as Miss Held closed her eyes.
The features of the famous French
woman showed the inroads of her dis?
ease?multiple myeloma. She has
fallen away from 126 to 78 pounds in
three months. Hope has been aban?
doned of arresting the progress of the
disease, which Dr. Donald McCaskey,
her physician, said was of "unknown
cause and unknown cure," and of which
there have only been 204 cases reported
before Miss Held's.
When he told Miss Held that her re?
covery was impossible early yesterday
morning she broke into sobs, but was
perfectly composed when Cornell Miles,
her personal representative, entered the
room a few moments later
"It Is No Use," She Says
When Mr. Miles complimented her
upon her pink cheeks, she smiled and
said, "Ah, that's a trick the doctor and
I have."
When he conveyed to her the expres?
sions from her friends, hoping for her
recovery, she said, resignedly, "No use
for my friends to hope that I get well.
The doctor says no."
Dr. McCaskey said yesterday that
Miss Held's bones still disintegrate, and
that since the fracture of her vertebrae,
which occurred a few days ago, motor
paralysis symptoms have Bet in as a
result of the pressure and disturbance
of her spinal cord. The hearing of her
left ear is also affected as her left
temporal bone became affected yester
day. When Misa Held realized this, she]
said, "Even my poor little head!"
The disease first asserted itself last
December, when Miss Held was forced
to lay off one day in Santa Barbara,
Cal. Three weeks later, in Milwaukee,
she was again obliged to disappoint the
audience which had gathered to see her
laugh and sing in "Follow Me." Then
she was treated for neuritis.
Played to the Last
"No one else hut. a French woman,
and no other French woman but Anna
Held, would have sung and danced in
such a condition," Mr. Miles declared.
In January Miss Held finally realized
that she was dying on her feet and
said, "I have to give up now." She
was brought here in April, where she
has been at home to her friends in her
room at the Savoy Hotel.
The last few days, however, Miss
Held's condition has been so serious
that her friends have not been admitted
to her room. Her pain is agonizing
and she sleeps but little.
"I never thought to go like this," is
her most frequent comment.
Although her mind is slightly af?
fected by the disease, it is still verj
active, and she jnsists upon knowint
the latest news, especially in stagedom.
Her daughter, Liane Carrera, has no*
left her side, and Dr. McCaskey lies al
night on the floor beside her bed, sleep
ing when she sleeps. In regard to he:
condition he said, "When the frame
work of a building gives away th'
building must go."
He does not seem in favor of anothe
blood transfusion, as he is of the opin
ion that it would be useless. Thre
weeks ago she received twenty-fiv
ounces, and although her blood condi
tion is pronounced good, her food wel
assimilated, her courage unlimited, th
disease continues to attack her entir
frame.
While the music she loves so wel
floats up from the lobby of the Savo
below, she is fighting a vain battl
a few floors above.
TO-DAY'S EVENTS IN THE RED
CROSS DRIVE
9 A. M. to 5 P. M.?Red Cross art
exhibit, Greuze ballroom,
Ritz-Carlton.
9 A. M. to 6 P. Mr?Auction of Wil
lard L. Metcalf's painting at
the Knoedler (?ali?nes, 556
Fifth Avenue.
12 M.?Red Cross meetings at St.
Paul's Chapel, City Hall
Park, Madison Square, Fifty
ninth Street and Fifth Ave?
nue and Liberty Theatre, at
Public Library steps.
12 M.?Harry H. Gardiner, the "hu?
man fly," will climb Park Row
Building.
3 P. M. - Field day at the Polo
Grounds.
4 P. M.--Red Cross meeting at the
Union League Club, Fifth
Avenue and Thirty - ninth
Street.
7 P. M. -- Waldorf-Astoria, grand
ballroom; dinner of teams
and campaign committees;
final reports of contributions.
8 P. M.?Metropolitan Opera House,
concert by Caruso and ptl*/er
members of the Metropolitan
Opera Company.
States until the end of the allotted
time, the evening of May 27."
There was no slackening of effort
yesterday, despite the optimistic
hopes of the workers. The drive was
carried on energetically in the churches i
and all the busy spots of the city, the j
legion of women in Red Cross cos- ?
turnes making collections in every
liveiynook and corner.
Catholics Make Donations
In accordance with the wishes of |
Cardinal Farley, announcements were j
made at all masses in the Roman ?
Catholic churches, and members of j
the League of Catholic Women re- I
ceived donations.
On the East Side Bernard K. Marcus,1
chairman of the division, addressed a '
meeting of leaders and merchants, and
was assured by 5,000 storekeepers that
to-day would be observed by them as
"shop day," giving 10 per cent of their :
receipts to the Red Cross. Twelve j
girls were kept busy all day at head- i
quarters counting piles of dimes, ?
nickels and pennies which late last '
night had filled several large potato
sacks. Mr. Marcus said that there were j
easily a million contributors in his!
division.
Among the gifts received at the
Woolworth Building headquarters was;
a check for $10.000 from Brigadier;
General W. A. White, of the British j
and Canadian Recruiting Mission. In ;
a note accompanying the money Gen- ?
eral White said he was glad to make ;
the contribution, as the Red Cross had,
given very material assistance to the j
wives and dependents of English and ;
Canadians enlisted in the United States j
by the mission. The money came from ,
the profits of the mission's recruiting
play, "Getting Together."
School Gives $1,000
Of the 2,533 civilian employes of the
quartermaster's depot on Governor's :
Island 2,385 have subscribed to a total ;
'fund of $22,893.63. The Packard Com- !
mercial School announced that it had
omitted its usual commencement exer- j
cises, handing the expenses, $1,000 ?
over to the Red Cross. Mrs. George 1.
Baker, captain of team No. 4, makes,
public a contribution from Mrs. Thomas !
F. Ryan of $4,126.
To-day will be put, if possible, on j
a more'effective basis. Among the ?
events expected to add substantial ;
gifts to the fund is a parade on fifth
Avenue, under the auspices of Mrs. ?
Livingston Rowe Schuyler, of the
Southern Women's Patriotic League, j
A mortor used in the Civil War, ac- |
companied by figures typifying the j
bpirits of '76 and '61 .and Miss Lib?
erty of to-day, will be Borne of the ,
features. , i
There will be a field day at the i
Polo Grounds this afternoon, with sev- j
eral contests and exhibitions in ad- ?
dition to the game between the Van- I
kees and Cleveland. Harry II. Gar- j
diner, the "human fly," will attract a
large crowd for Red Cross canvassers
at noon to-day by scaling the front ]
of the Park Row Building.
Painting To Be Auctioned
; Willard L. Metcalf's painting, "Deer- j
field River, October," will be auctioned |
off to-day at the Knoedler Galleries, |
'- 551} Fifth Avenue. There will also be i
a sale of butter, cheese, poultry and
dairy products at 6 Harrison Street,
i this morning, the proceeds of which
j will go to the war fund. I
At the noonday meeting in front of j
St. Paul's Chapel Justice Almet F. '
Jenks, of Kings County, will make an
1 address. The rally' at the Union League
! Club at 4 p. m. will have as speakers
Rear Admiral Nathani?! B. Usher, of
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and Captain
A. Goldstein. ^ . ' _- ?*,
The final meeting of the New York
team captain? and committees will be
held this evening at the Waldorf-As?
toria Hotel at 7 p. m. There will be a
dinner, followed by full reports from
the leaders. Addresses will be made
by William C. Breed and Seward Pres?
ser, chairman of last year's Red Cross
t**TOD*igO w thi8 city- Mre* Au8ust
Belmont will tell the story of the
Martha Washington watch, which is to
be auctioned off by Joseph P. Day.
Cornelius N. Bliss, jr., will give avail?
able returns for the entire country, and
Gerhard M. Dahl will report on the
total for the Atlantic division outside
of greater New York.
Brooklyn Must Raise
More Than $1,000,090
To Meet Quota To-day j
Brooklyn must collect more than j
$1,000,000 to-day if it is to make good
its $2;000,000 quota for the Second
Red Cross War Fund. Subscriptions!
and pledges tabulated to date show that j
the district has recorded only a total
of $977,087. Darwin R. James, jr.,
chairman of the Brooklyn campaign,
has sent out an urgent apperJ for con?
tributions.
At a special meeting of the executive
committee at the Brooklyn Trust Com?
pany yesterday, ways and means were
discussed to stimulate interest in the
drive. All the presidents of Brooklyn
banks and trust companies will act as
canvassers for two hours to-day, mak?
ing both personal and telephone calls
cf*ri their friends and business acquaint?
ances. f
The drive in the district will be con?
cluded to-night with a Red Ci-oss raWy
and entertainment at the 13th Regi?
ment Armory, under the auspices of
the Second Brigade, National Guard.
Borough President Edward Riegelmann
will act as master of c?r?monie..?, while
among those expected to attend and!
make addresses are Governor Whitman
and Adjutant General William H.
Sherrill, with his staff. There will be
musical selections by operatic stars. !
Red Cross Funds j
Raised at Two Big
Brooklyn Rallies
Two large audiences filled two halls
of the Brooklyn Academy of Music to |
overflowing yesterday afternoon to I
hear E. H. Sothern, John R. Rathom,
Colonel Rene de Salaberry and others
speak in support of the Red Cross
drive. A large contribution was ob?
tained from each audience. Nine
tenths of those present were women.
Mr. Sothern, who is soon to return
to France to aid in providing enter?
tainment for American soldiers, told
how ho had seen 500 wounded Ameri?
cans in a hospital in France, many of
them blind, and spoke of the line spirit
that prevailed among them. The actor
gave recitations and closed, by a plea
for the Red Cross.
Mr. Rathom told his hearers that
Germany was still far from beaten, and
that the only object for all now was to
win the war. As to German propaganda
in America, he said: I
"German propaganda here is reduced ]
to a whisper. But it is still a whisper.
It is waiting for the first excuse to j
bloom forth again. We must be plain
Americans. All must unite as such.be
they pac 'ist Americans, Gcrman-Amer- !
?cans, Hearst-Americans, or any other
kind. All kinds except plain, honest
Americans shouid be squelched."
ColoneL de Salaberry, Canadian
veteran, delivered a stirring and
pointed speech for support of the Red
Cross.
Philip Sharpe, boy violinist, gave
three selections which highly pleased j
the gatherings. Homer Rodeheaver, of ?
Billy Sunday fame, was present with |
his trombone an'd large chorus. Will?
iam A. Prendergast, former State Con?
troller, presided.
All Checkroom Tips
Asked for Red Cross
Several thoi.rand individuals in
these United States may denounce this
suggestion, but 100,000,000 others will
hail it with glee. It comes from Will?
iam F:ivershain, the actor-manager and
is:
"Give the Red Cross all checkroom
tips."
Mr. Favershcm made the sugges?
tion at the American Red Cross head?
quarters in Washington. He said:
"I find that the average tip is fifteen
cents. If one would take the average
receipts from the big cities, such as
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and
Boston down to the smallest towns, in?
cluding the great summer resorts, this
would amount to $1,000 a day, or
$7,000 a week. Given at least 100 big
cities to draw upon, this means $700,
000 a week, or $''6,400,000 a year.
"Even if the"Red Gross had to buy
out uncxpired contracts it would still
be a source of tremendous revenue.
The public has long resented check
room tips but if the attendants had
Red Cross uniforms, and the tips went
to the Red Cross, the attitude would
change and the tips increase."
Hence, if the scheme is adopted, we
will have the satisfaction of knowing ?
that the money ?goes to a good cause,)
say those indorsing tly? plan. |
Prank Keenan Scores in
"More Trouble" at
the Rivoli
The first motion picture that we ever
saw was a Path?. As a matter of fact I
the first motion pictures that anybody!
saw were mostly Pnthes. We didn't ?
think much of them. They showed fat i
Fi'ench women with bangs and fat,!
French men with mustachios. But, j
how times ".iave changedl Yesterday j
we saw two Path? pictures, both of
which were away above the average.
They were Frank Keenan in "More j
Trouble," at the Rivoli, and Fanny j
Ward in "The Yellow Ticket," at tliP j
Rialto.
"More Trouble" was adapted for the
screen by Ouida Berg?re from the !
story by Edgar Franklin.
As Lemuel Deering, Frank Keenan
does the best work we ever have seen I
him do. He is inimitable. There is al
mystery in "More Trouble" which !
seems impossible of solution and then
it turns out to be the simplest thing'
in the world. One might call the play!
a tragic farce. Perhaps there neverj
was any suca thing but there is now, I
and "More Trouble" is it.
Lemuel Deering is a mill owner who
has a son. He is a pure and noble !
youth who dons his dinner jacket only i
to go to the Y. M. C. A., and yet of a
sudden, bills of a most incriminating I
nature start to pour in, $58.31 for to-1
bacco, $200.19 for taxicabs, $500.21 for
wine.and finally a note for *-;25,000
signed with the name of Harvey Deer?
ing.
Deering, sr., remonstrates with his
son, only to be told, "Father, I did not
do it, but ,1 cannot tell you any more."
There ar? strikes, foreclosures and
failures all because the saintly young
Deering refuses to disclose the secret
of the bills. He finally is landed in
jail and then is mysteriously rescued
and why? No one can tell until he
finally does tell.
There is a small maid's part which
is played so cleverly that it stands out
even with Keenan in the foreground.
The person who played it is not named
on the programme, but it is extremely
well done.
John Gilbert is well cast as the
sanctimonious young Deering and
Helen Dunbar looks very handsome in
a small role which calls for fine clothes
and extreme hauteur. The picture was
directed by Ernest C. Wurde.
The comedy was "The Katzenjammer
Kids" in "Swat the Fly." Every one
seemed to enjoy it, although it seemed
to us as though it lacked continuity
and plausibility of plot. Also Mrs.
Katzenjammer did not play with the
repression which we admire.
The overture was selections from
"I Pagliacci." Franz Schubert's "Mo?
ment Musical" was danced by Rita Lee.
Jeanne Gordon sang "O Divine Re?
deemer" with a violin obbligato by Al?
berto Bachman and a 'cello obbligato
by William Feder. The light opera
number was "It Happened in Nord
land."
"The Yellow Ticket," at the Rialto,
is a very interesting picture. While
it is not at all like the play in which
A. H. Woods presented Florence Reed
and John Barrymore a,few seasons
ago, at least the story is the same, but
the interpretation is quite different.
Fanny Ward is cast as Anna Mirrel,
and as usual she gives a performance
which satisfies the mind even if it does
not always satisfy the heart. Perhaps
it is that her art is too perfect; she ?
knows too well the value of every
move, at; any rate Miss Ward makes '
Anna Mirrel a very lovely but a very i
self-possessed young lady. ?
There is much in the picture which
one missed in the play, and there are j
some things which were in the play !
which are missed in the picture. For
Instance, Milton Sills, clever actor that I
he is, does not bring* to the part of j
Julian Rolfe any of that impudent
nonchalance which characterized Bar-j
rymore's interpretation. He is merely
a handsome and earnest young man.
But, of course, no one would miss the
comedy if they had not seen the stage I
play. And Sills is not a comedian, j
His forte is tragedy, and we think that
the work he did in the "Honor Sys- I
tern" has never been surpassed on the i
screen.
The first part of the picture shows!
Anna's life with her parents, the death
of her mother and her escape to St. !
Petersburg with the aid of a yellow
ticket. Here Anna assumes the name
and the garments of a dead friend, j
Marya Varenka, and eludes detection :
for some time. But she is finally!
traced by the secret police and iden-j
tified as the holder of a yellow ticket.
This ticket is proof.that Anna is an
outcast.
Warner Oland is cast as Baron
Andrey, the role which John Mason
played in the original production.
Oland is excellent as the detestable
baron, and of all the villains we have
seen him play we think none has been
better done than the Russian diplomat.
As in the stage play, Andrey dies
with a hatpin in his heart, but, some- j
how, the scene was not convincing, or ?
at least it was not as impressive as it i
should have been. Neither was the 1
scene where Count Rostov consents !
to let Anna and her lover escape to |
protect the good name of Andrey, as j
though he ever had one.
The picture as a whole, however, is !
extremely entertaining and particu-1
larly well acted. The cast includes !
such notables as Armand Kalisz, Helen |
Chadwick, Leon Bary and Anna Lehr.
It was directed by William Parke.
The comedy, being a Fox. had lines
in it. It is called "Wild Women and
Tame Lions." The overture is Verdi's
"Sicilian Vespers." Greek Evans sang
"Six Full Fathoms of Men." "The
Three Twins" was the light opera
number.
At the . Broadway Dorothy Phillips
will be seen all the week in "A Soul
for Sale." H. U.
TONIGHT
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE?
Red Letter Night
for the Great
Red Cross Drive
The most astounding En?
semble of Grand Opera
and Musical Celebrities
ever brought together at a
single performance in the
GALA FAREWELL BENEFIT!
of tin*? series of cpeclal events etaeed bjr
11*)? ALLIED THEATRICAL and MOTION!
PICTU8? TEAM in (lie Interest of the
treuicei cause In the world.
M MKS AI.OA. BRABLAU. FITZrv. MIURA,
MCZIO. MM. AMATO. BAUER. BROWN,
CARUSO, nini'H. MARDONES. ROTHIER,
BCOTTI, DJS SEGUR?LA. htracciahi.'
Conduct?? HAMROSCMKK. DAMP.OSCH. *
IIAGEMAN. (.'AHfUI,o\viTKCH. Moran
ZoNI AND METROPOLITAN OPERA
HOI HE ORCHESTRA.
PRIORS: f-i, *3, ?5 AXD $10.
TVkeli al I'f>? Ortie?. Al?*? at the Hotel?
and Ticket Agencies at Ro? Office Prices
GREENWICH VILLAGE TgVftAaf
V?entng*H S 4,", Maines Bal . i 3?. Mir. ?1. $l..'.fl.
3 ONF-ACT* "WOMAN'S HONOR": "II.E":
plaxs i rat; maid of nUKCK"
Police Force and
Carriers Observe
Memorial Sunday
Occasion Is Celebrated in j
Brooklyn With Parade
and Cemetery Services
?_-.
Memorial Sunday was observed yes- |
terday by the Police Department, the
letter carriers and by the East New
York district, of Brooklyn, as a com?
munity. The police services were held j
at Trinity Church, the letter carriers'i
at. Temple Beth-El, Fifth Avenue and '
Seventy-sixth Street, and in East New I
"\ oik the services, which were under
tli? auspices of the Army and Navy
Veterans Association, consisted of two
processions and the dedication of
graves in the National Cemetery, at
Jamaica and Hale Avenues.
The police services were attended by
Deputy Commissioners Leach and Wal?
lis, Chief Inspector Daly and more than
six hundred uniformed members of the
force. The services were conducted ;
by Dr. J. P. McComas, senior curate in
charge of Trinity Church during Dr.
Manning's absence at the National
Army camp. The speakers were the
Rev. E. L. Reed, of Trinity Church, and
the Rev. John A. Wade, rector of the
Church of Rt. John the Evangelist and
a police chaplain.
A menace with which we shall have
to deal, said Mr. Wade, is the muddle
minded, conscienceless socialism. Some
months ago loyal Americans were
startled, sobered, nauseated by the fact
that over seven score of thousands of
United States citizens voted for a man
who refused to buy bonds for the de?
fence of that liberty which made pos?
sible his own rescue from Russian op?
pression. The citizen who voted for
this ingrate, declared Mr. Wade, bit
the hand that fed him."
Preceding their memorial services
in honoi of thirty-four of their com?
rades who died during the past year, the
letter carriers paraded up Fifth Ave?
nue from Forty-fifth Street to Temple
Beth-El. They were reviewed at the
Hotel Savoy by Postmaster Patten.
The sermon was preached by Rabbi
Samuel Schulman.
In East New York the first parade
held in the morning was composed of
Spanish War veterans of the General
Nelson A. Miles Post, a detachment of
Naval Reserves, mounted policemen,
Boy Scouts and other organizations.
The afternoon parade contained sev?
eral G. A. R. posts, soldiers of the
Third Coast Artillery, Fort Hamilton,
New York policemen who have seen
service with United States forces and
several civic bodies.
General U. S. Grant's old place of
worship, the Metropolitan Temple, in
Seventh Avenue, near Fourteenth
Street, was the scene last night of a
memorial service held under the au?
spices of George G. Meade Post 38, G.
A. R. The pew General Grant was ac?
customed to occupy was decorated with
flags and the band of the U. S. S. Re?
cruit assisted in the musical pro?
gramme of patriotic airs. The Rev. J.
W. Chasey, pastor of the church,
preached the sermon.
Alluding to the published report that
England and France had found it nec?
essary to arm and equip a part of the
American army, the clergyman said
this was not to the discredit of the
United States, for the United States
had sent huge consignments of raw
materials to Great Britain, and it was
from this material that the arms and
equipment supplied our soldiers had
been obtained.
Spanish War Veterans
Attend Memorial at
St. Patrick's Cathedral
The annual memorial services of
the Spanish-American War Veterans
were held yesterday afternoon at St.
Patrick's Cathedral. More than 300
marched from the regiment armory to
the cathedral. They were escorted by
a band and sailors from the U. S. S.
Recruit and the Ozanam Fife and
Drum Corps.
The memorial address was delivered
by the Rev. John P. Chidwick, D. D.,
president of Dunwoodie Seminary and
chaplain of the Maine when she was |
junk in Havana Harbor.
"The cause for which we struggle to?
day," said the Rev. Father ChidwicTc,
"is for the freedom of humanity. We
had been looked upon as a nation that,
above nil, were shopkeepers who lo*x:d,
above all, the almighty dollar. But ;
we have answered the call of our ;
country with a unity ?hat has buried
all difference of religion or creeds.
Music
A concert aiming to show the con
tribution of the negro race to music
will be given to-night in Aeolian Hall
for the benefit of the Music School Set?
tlement for Colored People. The pro?
gramme will be confined wholly to
music composed by members of the
colored race, and will be presented
wholly by negro musicians.
Some of the. most beautiful "spirit?
uals" or camp meeting songs will be
sung, some by a male quartet, some by
the famous "singing orchestra" of the
Clef Club, some in their primitive form
and others in modern adaptations.
Some of the best songs and piano pieces
by living negro composers will also be.
heard. J. Rosamond Johnson, director
of the school and composer of a num?
ber of the most popular ragtime songs,
will sing a group of his own lyrics.
The directors of the Music School
Settlement believe that this concert
will afford musicians an unusual op?
portunity to estimate the quality of the'
negro's musical genius, and the layman
will be interested in discovering Ameri?
can ragtime at its source.
3 Hospitality Homes
For Enlisted Soldiers
Three hospitality houses for the en?
listed men of the army and navy and
for the accommodation of parents vis?
iting sick or wounded soldiers were
opened yesterday under the auspices of
the Institute of Applied Christianity,
conducted by the Seabury Society, with
headquarters in Madison Square.
The houses are located at 24 West
130th Street, 968 East 156th Street and
52 East Twenty-fifth Street.
An appeal also was made to auto?
mobile owners to invite men in uni?
form to occupy vacant seats in their
cars and to place automobiles at the
disposal of the institute's homes to
take convalescent soldiers and sailors
for health rides.
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Brith Abraham Meets Here
2,500 Delegates at Opening
Session of 32d Annual
Convention
The thirty-second annual convention
of the Independent Order of Brith
Abraham convened yesterday at the
New Star Casino, Lexington Avenue
and 107th Street. More than 2,500 dele?
gates from all parts of the country
attended the opening session. The con?
vention will continue until to-morrow
night.
Grand Master Solomon Schelinsky,
who presided at the day's session, told
of the work of the organization dur?
ing the last year. He said that the
members had purchased more than $1,
500,000 worth of Liberty bonds and
that they owned almost $1,000,000
worth of war savings stamps. He also
said that the organization had gained
10,000 new members during the year.
Acting Mayor Albert Smith spoke
briefly in welcoming the convention to
New York. He said the organization
deserved much praise for its assistance
in putting the new child labor law on
the statute books.
?
Memorial Service Held
By 22d Regiment Veterans
The Defendam Association, composed
of veterans of the 22d Regiment, N. Y.
N. G., held a memorial service yester?
day afternoon at the Holyrood Protes?
tant Episcopal Church, Fort Washing
j ton Avenue and 179th Street. Rev. Dr.
I Gustav R. Carstensen, pastor of the
j church, preached the memorial sermon.
After eulogizigig the dead of the or
! ganization Dr. Carstensen declared
: that the coming of the war had wit
' nessed the passing of the slacker and
pacifist. With them luxury was pass?
ing as well, and the nation, he said,
will emerge, not only triumphant, but
better.
John McCormack
Raises $25,000
ForOrphanHome
Boxes at Non-War Charity
Concert Are Sold for
$1,000 Each
No higher tribute to the hold of a |
singer upon the affections of a public
has ever been paid than that shown j
to John McCormack last night at the
Hippodrome. Coming at the end of '
Red* Cross Week, when the generosity j
of New Yorkers might well be con- i
sidered exhausted, Mr. McCormack :
gave a concert and at one sweep raised |
$25,000 for a non-war charity the
New York Roman Catholic Orphan
Asylum.
The orchestra seats sold for $5
the boxes for $1,000 each, and ?
the great auditorium was packed to ?
the very limit with an audience repre
sentative of the city's Catholic clergy ?
and laity, headed by Cardinal Farley. !
In enthusiasm it was a true Mc- '
Cormack gathering, and the Irish tenor :
wisely held himself to the type of song j
in which he is at his best.
The programme opened with a reci- !
! tative and air from Handel's "Jeph- ?
tha's Daughter," in which Mr. McCor- ?
: mack showed a mastery of the style ,
! and in which the clarity of his diction i
was most evident.
Then Donald McBeath, in his uni-;
form of a lieutenant in the British
Royal Flying Corps, received a royal |
greeting and played several short se- ,
lections, after which Mr. McCormack?
sang four Irish songs by Hamilton
Harty, four Irish folk-songs, and new ;
compositions by Lieutenant Gitz Rice, ?
Edwin Schneider, Harold Croxton and
Gustave Ferrari.
AH were songs which found the tenor
quite at home, and songs which he j
gave with a wealth of sentiment which
even the winged words of former Gov- i
ernor Martin H. Glynn, which were !
printed on the programme, failed to \
spoil.
During the evening Cyril McCormack,
Mr. McCormack's eleven-year-old son. !
auctioned off a record of his own of j
"Tipperary," in which his father joins j
in the chorus and Lieutenant McBeath j
plays the violin.
De Wolf Hopper also auctioned off !
an illustrated programme and ten of j
Mr. McCormack's records.
Paderewski Stirs
Red Cross Meeting
Ignace Jan Paderewski, the Polish
pianist, presided at a Rod Cross meet- |
ing held last night at the 71st R?gi- j
ment Armory, under the auspices of
the Polish Citizens Committee of the ?
Red Cross War Fund.
Mr. Padarewski lauded the devotion
and loyalty of the Polish people in the ?
United States. "There is not a casualty !
list published by the United States
government," said Mr. Paderewski,
"that does not contain the name of a
soldier of Polish birth or antecedents."
This allusion caused half the audi
I ence to rush to the platform and throw
dollars into the baskets of thirty
young Polish Red Cross nurses who
are ready to go over.
The Polish Falcon Band of Passaic
played national airs.
Dies Aiding Red Cross
Newport Ex-Mayor Succumbs
During Song Rehearsal
NEWPORT, R.fL, May 26.?Daniel
Butler Fearing, former Mayor of this
city, died suddenly of apoplexy to-day
while assisting in the direction of a
singing festival at Newport Beach in
aid of the Red Cross. Mr. Fearing was
fifty-eight years old.
Because of his death the festival, in
which one thousand apprentice seamen
from the naval training station were to
have taken part, was called off and the
audience dismissed. I
D. M. Armstrong,
Famous Artist,
Dies at Age of 82
One of the Originators of
the Metropolitan Mu?
seum Idea
D. Maitland Armstrong. American
artist and citizen of the world, li?3
dead to-day at his home, at 58 West
Tenth Street.
Ever since his return from Florida,
about a month ago, the man who is
credited with having introduced Ameri?
can painting into France, who was one
of the originators of the idea of the
Metropolitan Museum in this city and
whose stained glass windows perpetu?
ate his memory throughout the coun?
try had been ailing. On April 15 he
celebrated his eighty-second birthday.
A fortnight later he suffered a stroke.
From that time on high blood pressure
and a complication of minor troubles
left no hope for recovery.
The end came quite peacefully early
yesterday morning. Mrs. Armstrong
was with her husband at the time.
The body will be removed to Marl
borough-on-the-Hudson to-day, where
funeral services will be held to-mcr
row. The ceremonies. Lieutenant Ham?
ilton Fish Armstrong, the artist's
younger son, said yesterday, will be of
the simplest. ?
An intimate of St. Gaudens. Elihu
Vedder, Winslow Homer and their
group, Maitland Armstrong was dedi?
cate?! throughout his long career to
this ideal of the integrity of American
art as a national expression. Born at
Newburgh, N. Y.. in 1836, he was grad?
uated from Trinity College in 1858.
Subsequently he read law in this city
and was admitted to the New York bar.
Later he went to Paris, where he. be?
came the first pupil of Luke Olivier
Merson.
There for two years he shared quar?
ters with St. Gaudens and later con?
tinued his studies in Rome. In 186'J
he was appointed United States Consul
to the Papal States.
In 1872 Mr. Armstrong returned to
this country, and definitely embarked
upon his career as an artist. He kept
in close touch with artistic movements
abroad and when the first Paris Ex?
position was organized in 1878 he was
made director of the American art sec?
tion.
The result was one o?f the great
triumphs of his career and resulted in
his election as a chevalier of the
Legion of Honor. It was the real
initiation of the French people into a
realization that such a thing as A'meri
can art existed.
It was on his return from this ex?
ploit that Mr. Armstrong, who had for
some time been experimenting in
stained glass work, founded the firm
of Maitland Armstrong & Co.
Besides his regular work, Mr. Arm?
strong until the day of his death was
actively interested in all forward
looking artistic movements. Not only
did he, in company with Robert Gor?
don and Dr. Nevm, fiist start the agita?
tion for a representative museum in
this city, but he also drafted sug?
gestions for the carrying out of the
project, with the result that the Met
ropolitan Museum as it exists to-day
is largely organised on the lines he
j laid out. In 1893, too, Mr. Armstrong
? was one of the originators of the
Chicago World's Fair.
He is survived by his widow, who
was Helen Neilson, niece of Ham?
ilton Fish, whofti he married in
1866; two daughters, Margaret, well
known as a magazine writer and il?
lustrator, and Helen Maitland Arm?
strong, junior member of the firm, and
two sons, Noel and Lieutenant Ham'fl
tion Fish Armstrong, poet and writer,
now with the 28d Infantry, at Gover?
nor's Island.
Chaplain to Get Flag and Medal
A flag and gold medal are to be pre?
sented to-morrow night to the Rev. Dr.
Howard Duffield, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Fifth Avenue
and Twelfth Street, and chaplain of
the 9th Coast Artillery, N. Y. G. Gov?
ernor Whitman will make the presen?
tation speech.
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Popular Prlca Mat. WED.
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Eva. 25c to f I.
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SO LONG, LETTY
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TUe "r'a?l?-i?es Lady Orchestra of 30.
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Every ticket sold at the Lyric
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